Pee Wee Gaskins (often abbreviated as PWG) is a rock band from Indonesia formed in 2007. The lineup consists of Dochi, Sansan, Ayi, Omo, and Aldy. They have released six albums, ''Stories From Our High School Years'' (2008), ''The Sophomore'' (2009), ''Ad Astra Per Aspera'' (2010), ''A Youth Not Wasted'' (2016), ''Salute to 90's'' (2018), and ''Mixed Feeling'' (2019).

Name

Sansan and Dochi wanted a serial killer as a name for their band, after doing some research on the internet, they found

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, an American serial killer and chose his nickname, "Pee Wee," as their band's name. Gaskins was portrayed by

Brad Dourif Bradford Claude Dourif (; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for voicing Chucky in the ''Child's Play'' franchise (1988–present), portraying Gríma Wormtongue in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series, and his Academy A ...

in a 1986 telefilm about his last murder that led to his death sentence.

Career

In April 2007, the band released their first EP, ''Stories from Our High School Years,'' through Knurd Records which sold 2000 copies. In early 2009, the band released its first full-length album, ''The Sophomore,'' through Variant Records, which sold more than 20,000 copies. In 2010, ''Ad Astra Per Aspera'' was released. This album features reduced synthesizers and notably different lyrics compared to their two previous albums. In 2016, Pee Wee Gaskins signed to

Universal Music Indonesia Universal Music Indonesia, formerly Suara Sentral Sejati and PolyGram Indonesia, is an Indonesian company based in Jakarta. Founded in 1987, the company is a branch of Universal Music Group. This company has produced several successful singers on ...

and released third album, ''A Youth Not Wasted.'' They also served as an opening act for Australian band,

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's Sound Live Feels Live World Tour at the

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, Indonesia. In 2018, Pee Wee Gaskins released a mini album, it's called "Salute To 90's". It features 5 cover songs of Indonesia's 90's greatest hits. In 2019, Pee Wee Gaskins released new full-length album, it's called "Mixed Feeling". The album cover was made by Dochi's daughter and the sleeve boxset cover was made by the daughter of senior music journalist Adib Hidayat, named Jemima. This album was produced by Erix Soekamti personnel from the band called "Endank Soekamti".

Fans

Fans of the band have several names, including Party Dorks, Dorkzilla, and Tatiana. The band also had a short-lived anti-fan group called Anti-Pee Wee Gaskins, abbreviated as APWG, but APWG has not appeared since 2009.

Band members

;Current members * Alditsa "Dochi" Sadega —

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

(2007–present) * Fauzan "Sansan" —

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

(2007–present) * Harry "Ayi" Pramahardhika —

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

(2008–present) * Reza "Omo" Satiri —

keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Mus ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

(2007–present) * Renaldy "Aldy" Prasetya —

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

(2008–present) ;Former members * Andhika "Tlor" -

(2007–2008)

Discography

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.inheritpoppunk.com (Dead. Checked July 6, 2020) Indonesian rock music groups Musical groups established in 2008